NFL Week 2: Jets shock Browns; Giants improve to 2-0
New York will get a double shot of Victory Monday joy this week.
Sunday’s Jets-Browns contest in Cleveland feels like a referendum on head coach Robert Saleh following his controversial comments earlier in the week. And Gang Green delivered for him with a stunning 31-30 come-from-behind win.
On the other side of town, the Giants are officially one of the biggest surprises of the year so far after improving to 2-0 with a 19-16 win over the Panthers at MetLife Stadium.
Here is everything you need to know:
JETS 31, BROWNS 30
• Game recap || Inside the mayhem || Rookie score first TDs
• Game preview || ESNY staff picks
• Joe Flacco to start again || Mike White waiting in wings?
• Robert Saleh is veering into Joe Judge territory || He needs to call Buck Showalter
• Mike Francesa: Woody Johnson might sell Jets
GIANTS 19, PANTHERS 16
• Game recap || Daniel Bellinger catches first career TD
• Game preview || ESNY staff picks
• Cornerback Aaron Robinson is out
• Daniel Jones not surprised by aggressive play calling
• Kadarius Toney does know the playbook
More on ESNY:
• Aaron Judge free agency: MLB insider thinks Mets will pursue slugger
• Rex Ryan: Zach Wilson probably Jets’ most skillful QB since Joe Namath
• Francisco Lindor hits trifecta for Mets shortstop history
• Rex Ryan praises Giants’ Brian Daboll, says he’s ‘opposite’ of Joe Judge
• Trea Turner won’t limit MLB free-agent options, but is ‘East Coast guy’
• Odell Beckham Jr. shouts out Giants’ Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard
• Forget 62. Will Yankees’ Aaron Judge get to 500 career home runs?
James Kratch can be reached at james.kratch@xlmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JamesKratch.
James Kratch is a veteran sports reporter and editor. He currently reports on the youth sports industry for Buying Sandlot and was previously ESNY's managing editor. Before that he spent a decade at NJ Advance Media (The Star-Ledger and NJ.com), where he covered high school sports, the Giants and Rutgers.
